People, Sep. 28, 1936

To the City of New York William Randolph Hearst paid $30,000 to satisfy
claims for a fireworks explosion nearly 34 years ago in which 17
persons were killed, 17 crippled for life. Running for Congress in
1902, Publisher Hearst, as President of the National Association of
Democratic Clubs, arranged a monster pyrotechnical display on election
night to celebrate the victory which he and Tammany expected and won.
Thousands jammed into Madison Square to see his well-publicized show.
On a stereopticon screen flashed a photograph...